[canadianwriter]

Data always needs to be paired with empathy. ML/AI simply doesn't have empathy so it will always be missing a piece of the overall pie.

Let AI crunch the numbers, but combine it with a human who can understand the "why" of things and you can really kick butt.

[gnulinux]

I agree with you, although, unfortunately, most -- if not all -- engineers I know would respond to this by complaining about how "a human who can understand the 'why'" cannot be automated.